Jeff Whitaker (born 1940) is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the electorate of Hastings in Parliament from 1990 to 1993, when he chose not to stand for re-election and returned to his prior occupation of pharmacist. In 1993 the seat of Hastings was won by Labour candidate Rick Barker.He was born in Hamilton. He is one of six one-term National MPs who were elected in a swing against Labour in the 1990 election.